Dash-board



J. B. PLATT. DASH BOARD.

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NITED TATES JOSEPH B. PLATT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DASH- BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part -of Iletters Patent No. 259,651, dated June13, 1882.

' Application filed April 3,1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, JOSEPH B. PLATT, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful 1m provementsinCarriage-Dash Feet, of which the following is a specification.

The nature and objectsof this improvement 7 will fully appear from thesu'bjoined description, when considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the bolt, rail, andwasher.

A is a dash,'made of leather, in the lower edge of which is secured thelower rail, B, of the frame, consisting of a curved channel-iron havinga square hole, b, for the bolt 0.

D is an iron foot for securing the dash to a carriage-body. It has anelbow and arm terminating in a slotted T-head, d, having a curvedsurface for fitting onto the curved side of the rail B.

E is a washer, also curved to fit over the slotted T-head, and againstwhich the nutcof the bolt G bears.

It will be observed that the head of the bolt 0 has two beveled sides,so that when the bolt is in place the beveled sides rest against thebeveled sides of the flanges of the railB, leaving the flat surface ofthe bolt-head flush with the edges of the said flanges. The object ofmaking the bolt-head beveled, as shown, is so that the bolt may beinserted in the hole in the rail, head first, after the dashes have beenfinished, and leave the leather on the outside of the rail uncut. Theobject of making the T-head of the foot-piece slotted is to enable thefoot to be adjusted to the body when at- I tachiug the dash thereto. Theobject of thus constructing these dash-feet is that they may be suppliedto the trade as a separate article of commerce.

The dashes are made with the lower rail having the hole, and when thecarriage-builder desires to attach them to a carriage he cuts theleather on the inside of the dash over the hole sufficient to insert thebolt. The bolt is inserted by first removing it from the other parts,and then putting one of the bevel-edges of the head into the hole first,then turning the shank of the bolt outward at right angle from the dash,which movement enters the opposite bevel-edge of the head. Then the boltis given a quarter-turn, which brings the bevelsides against thebevel-sides of the flanges, as seen in Fig. 2.

The foot D is secured to the body of the carriage iuits proper placewith screws. Then the dash may be secured by inserting the bolt in theslot of the head, placing on the washer, and screwing on the nut.

By this improvement in the construction dashes and bodies of varyingwidths may be readily adjusted in attaching them.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination, with the dashA, having the curved channel-rail B, of the bevel-headed bolt 0, slottedT-headed foot-piece D, curved washer E, and nut c, constructed andarranged for adjustment substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH B. PLATT.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBrrTs, E. W. LAIRD.

